York planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to City of York Council, updated daily. City of York Council received 444 planning applications in the last 90 days, 12 of them major schemes.
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West House Farm West House Farm Track Elvington York YO41 4AZ
Agricultural access track notification, Elvington, York. New farm track across a 32-hectare holding, submitted as a prior notification at prior approval stage. Excavation, stone sub-base and surface drainage packages suit local groundworkers and aggregate suppliers.
GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping
14 Cygnet Street York
Five-home backland apartment building, York, at full application stage. Erects a two-storey rear-garden building with five self-contained homes on a 0.03 ha plot. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and M&E packages suit small contractors used to tight backland access.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
104 Jute Road York YO26 5EW
Single new dwelling to rear garden, York, full application. Erects one new house on the rear of a York plot, at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and drainage connections are the packages open to local subcontractors.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Spark York Piccadilly York
Spark York Piccadilly refurbishment: staircases, lift and forecourt, full application. Replaces two scaffold staircases with steel units, relocates the lift and resurfaces the forecourt on a small site. Steel fabrication, lift installation, paving and timber cladding are the packages for specialist…
SteelM&EHard landscaping
Flat B205 Management Suite Block B Frederick House Fulford Road York YO10 4FW
316-panel rooftop solar scheme, York, prior notification stage. Installs 145.36kWp of roof-mounted panels on a York flat block under permitted development Class J, submitted as a prior notification. Mounting rails, DC cabling and inverter connection suit solar installers and electrical…
RenewablesM&E
Site Adjacent 23 Haleys Terrace York
81 sqm commercial unit replacing garage, York, full application. Demolishes a garage on a 0.02-hectare plot and erects a new commercial unit at full application stage. Demolition, groundworks, masonry and roofing packages suit small local subcontractors, with glazing and drainage to follow.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
Inner Space Stations 339 - 341 Hull Road York YO10 3LE
Car wash facility installation at York petrol station, full application. Adds a new car wash facility and associated works on a 0.16 ha forecourt site at Hull Road. Groundworks for the wash bay base, drainage connections and equipment electrics are the packages open to local contractors.
GroundworksDrainageM&E
Rose Farm Moor Lane Murton York YO19 5UH
417 sqm agricultural portal frame building, Murton York. Erects a new steel portal frame agricultural building at Rose Farm, submitted under the agricultural notice route requiring prior approval. Steel frame supply, roof and wall cladding, and foundation groundworks are the packages for local…
GroundworksSteelRoofing
60 Irwin Avenue York YO31 7TU
Householder rear extension and roof addition, York, full application. Single-storey rear extension plus a pitched roof over an existing two-storey side extension at full application stage. Brickwork, roof timber and roofing packages suit local builders, with groundworks for the rear footings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
4 Croft Farm Close Copmanthorpe York YO23 3RW
Single-storey flat-roof rear extension, York, prior approval stage. A 4.10m rear extension beyond the original house at 4 Croft Farm Close, Copmanthorpe, under the large householder prior approval route. Groundworks, masonry and flat-roof covering packages suit local builders and roofing…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
21 Leven Road York YO24 2TL
Two-storey side and single-storey front and rear extensions, York. Removes an existing garage and adds a new shed at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks lead the build, with steel for the wider openings and joinery throughout.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
20 Maple Grove York YO10 4EH
Two-storey side and single-storey rear house extension, York, full application. Adds a side wing and rear extension to an existing home, creating additional living and bedroom space. Foundations, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local builders and joinery subcontractors.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
84 Maple Grove York YO10 4EH
Single-storey rear extension and dormers, York Maple Grove. Adds ground-floor living space and loft accommodation to an existing house at full application stage. Roofing, joinery and glazing packages suit local subcontractors, with brickwork and steel for the rear opening.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
27 Hawthorn Spinney Huntington York YO31 9JQ
Householder extensions and roof enlargement in Huntington, York, at full application stage. Single-storey front and rear extensions, a hip-to-gable roof conversion and a rear dormer add living and bedroom space to an existing house. Roofing, steel over the new openings and joinery lead the…
RoofingSteelJoinery
78 Mill Lane Wigginton York YO32 2PZ
Single-storey side and rear extensions, Wigginton, York. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, glazing and groundworks packages suit local subcontractors, with steel over wider openings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Planning appeals in City of York Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so City of York Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
City of York Council, raw rate
24.6%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.8%
national rates applied to this caseload
6.2 percentage points below expected. City of York Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
638 appeals counted, 586 judged either way (144 allowed, 442 dismissed), 52 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 24.1% | 28.8% | 296 | 290 | 70 |
| Householder (HAS) | 25.3% | 35.6% | 189 | 182 | 46 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 15.6% | 25% | 34 | 32 | 5 |
| Enforcement Notice | 17.4% | 13.5% | 33 | 23 | 4 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 27.8% | 36.9% | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 11.8% | 36% | 17 | 17 | 2 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 33.3% | 33.3% | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 50% | 20.6% | 10 | 10 | 5 |
8 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Modifications | Too few judged | 100% | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | None judged | Not published | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Common Land | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14A | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Section 106BC (Affordable Housing) | Too few judged | 71.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in City of York Council
City of York Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in City of York Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Shared ownership52 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
City of York Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder92% (106 decided)
- other86% (37 decided)
- residential40% (10 decided)
- commercial88% (8 decided)
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